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Reveal! - New Initiative Championing the Work of Women Comics Creators from East Africa Announced

Reveal! – New Initiative Championing the Work of Women Comics Creators from East Africa Announced

Exciting news today from the direction of LDComics‘ latest newsletter that, following the receipt of a British Council International Collaboration award, the ‘REVEAL! Women’s Comics East Africa-UK’ initiative will soon be championing comics artists from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, as well as UK artists with heritage from those countries. More details of this exciting development in the…

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Pi Ja Ma and Superorganism at The Institute, Birmingham, Monday 5th March 2018 Superorganism have a visual artist in the band so their live set up is incredible! It was quite a challenge fighting against flashing lights, prop changes, dance moves to get all 7 musicians sketched within the time of their set. Some of the band members sounded pretty ill, I hope they are already feeling better! Sorry, I have a lot of news updates for this post ... I was supposed to be selling music zines at an event in Birmingham last week but it got cancelled on the day due to snow. Kaleidoscope #2 will take place on Tuesday 13th March instead! I’ll also be exhibiting that weekend at Birmingham MCM Comic Con 17th-18th. You’ll be able to find my table somewhere in the Comic Village section of the show. Look out on Twitter for a table placement announcement nearer the day.

I should have sample copies of Go Eat Worms at Birmingham MCM - a new comic I’ve been developing/writing/drawing about a paranormal riot grrrl band touring otherworldly venues. The printed samples might be behind the table rather than out on display, so please ask for the ‘secret menu’ if you’d like to have a sneak peek. The following weekend Go Eat Worms will be on display as part of the Laydeez Do Comics exhibition in London.

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Laydeez do Comics announce First UK Women’s Prize for Unpublished Graphic Novel work in progress

Laydeez do Comics have announced First UK Women’s Prize for Unpublished Graphic Novel work in progress.

The First prize is £2,000 with five shortlisted entries of: £200 each. All shortlisted entries will receive a Laydeez Review session.

The campaign to create the first women’s prize for graphic novels comes in response to what Laydeez Do Comics feel is a gender imbalance in a number of British comics events and activity, and they are raising funds to really give the Prize prominence.

The competition calls for unpublished graphic novel works in progress from female-identifying UK-based people. Full details of eligibility and submission guidelines are on the website http://www.laydeezdocomics.com

The awards will be presented at “Laydeez Day” festival on Saturday 24th March 2018.

With a strong commitment to gender parity and diversity, Laydeez do Comics aims to spotlight and celebrate the wealth of unrecognised graphic novel work being currently produced in the UK.

The Prize has the support of Arts Council England towards the organising and hosting of "Laydeez Day" on Saturday 24th March 2018, where award winners will be announced.

• The deadline for entries is 13th January 2018. Full details: http://www.laydeezdocomics.com

• There is a Fundraising Campaign to Support the Cash Prizes. If all of you reading this pledge £5 now, the Laydeez Do Comics team can make this project shine. Here's the link: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/laydeez-awards-2018

For any queries please email infoATlaydeezdocomics.com

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Quick update on upcoming convention and panel appearances!

I’ll be at:

London MCM Comic Con 26th-28th May ALL DAYS

Table location: CM9

Panel: Selling Out, Lower Platinum Suite, Sunday 3.30-4.30pm

Wonderlands 2017, 3rd June

Panel: Celebrating Myriad Graphic Novels, 12.20-1.10pm

Laydeez Do Comics London, 12th June, Evening (Time TBC)

Thoughtbubble Comics Festival, 23rd-24th September

Table location: TBC

There are other events potentially in between Laydeez and TB but none 100% confirmed as yet, so will update when I know for certain. Hopefully I’ll see some of you at these events! Do come over and say hello if you see me, maybe pick up a comic and I’ll doodle in it for you~

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I was cleaning up my computer and I found this thing..... comic created for Czech Laydeez do Comics symposium, three years ago  ...theme is Princesses: Happily Ever After ♥

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The Electrum Artist Feature series shares not just the art and stories in our book, but the motivations of the amazing mixed folks who help make this book a reality.

Artist Feature #5 goes to Yến Quach. Yến (it's pronounced "in") is an award-winning freelance artist, illustrator and comic artist, who works in both digital and traditional media. Reflecting the world with curiosity and creativity, she began the #draweveryday challenge in 2013 and has not missed a day yet. Yến holds a degree in Illustration & Animation. She’s previously moonlit as the “Astral Assistant” for Al Davison and has contributed to publications and projects  such as ‘Laydeez Do Comics: Hometown Anthology’, ‘Portraits of Violence’, ‘Torsobear’, ‘Future Echoes‘, and ‘Draw the Line Comics’ to name a few. You will rarely find her without a sketchbook of some form.

In her story "Lepidoptera," a big sister teaches her little sister about being both moth and butterfly- and how to shine!

Yến is also offering a limited number of commission tiers as part of this campaign.

We’re looking forward to sharing more of our art and artists with you~

Electrum is so close to 2/3 funded! Check out our Kickstarter campaign, running until Nov 3~

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Preparing my presentation for tomorrow evening’s #laydeezdocomics. Proud to be talking there. Book a free place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/8-january-2018-laydeez-do-comics-tickets-41504419837

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Merry Xmas from KSACC! Over the break, why not get an entry together for the Laydeez do Comics graphic novel competition, open to anyone based in the UK who identifies as female. All entries will be exhibited as part of the LDC 2020 Festival and the winner gets £2000!

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Don't Miss the LDComics Festival Online this Sunday, December 5th Including a Presentation on the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw

Don’t Miss the LDComics Festival Online this Sunday, December 5th Including a Presentation on the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw

This Sunday December 5th sees the return of the LDComics Festival online. For those not in the know LDComics is the UK’s largest women-led comics forum. They describe their ethos in the following terms: “We believe in the transformative potential of the comics form to offer wellbeing through making and reading. The accessibility of the form as a storytelling medium has created fertile ground for…

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I made a mini comic which is part of the webcomic #auntrebeccastripletsons. The original version was entered into the Laydeez do Comics competition this year. Although, I didn't win, my entry was seen by many people at Laydeez Day. There are a few panels from the original and the newer panels from the updated versions. 私はミニ漫画を描きました。この漫画はアウント·リベッカ·トリプレット·ソンスのウエブコッミクはパートです。 オリジナルの漫画は今年Laydeezdocomicsの競争入ました。 しかし、私は勝つないでした。でも私のエントーはたくさん人々レーディズのディに見ました。 それは少ないオリジナル漫画のパネル、そして新しい漫画のパネルからでした。 #18thmay2019 #ARTS #tripletscorner #bluegreyblackandwhite #auntrebeccastripletsons #derekandleticia #leonandcecelia #akioandkayleigh #laydeezdocomicscompetition https://www.instagram.com/p/BxnHKmyn_Ob/?igshid=ns5w19emefg2

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WebFind: "Why Are There No Women Cartoonists?" by Cinders McLeod

WebFind: “Why Are There No Women Cartoonists?” by Cinders McLeod

Cinders McLeod – writer, satirist, artist, doublebassist and creator of the Moneybunnies series, financial literary for kids – drew a cartoon in 1991 in response to the oft-asked question “why are there no women cartoonists?”

20 year later, in 2011, she looked at it and thought it should be out there and posted it on YouTube. “Some things have changed. A lot hasn’t. and it’s not just women…

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Q&A with Sarah Lightman

There is no “Book of Sarah” in the Bible, so artist Sarah Lightman sets out to make her own. In this quietly subversive graphic autobiography, Lightman follows the urge to find herself in the midst of training to become an artist, observing her faith, navigating family and romantic relationships, and learning to be a mother.

Why do you consider The Book of Sarah Graphic Medicine?

There are, of course, many explicit medical themes in my book: mental health, inherited family trauma, birth, motherhood, breastfeeding, healing, and recovery. In addition, one of the central tenants of Graphic Medicine that has always attracted me is the emphasis on humanity within the medical humanities. Graphic Medicine allows for an appreciation and exploration of the human condition, alongside any medical treatments and experiences as a patient. Graphic Medicine is a space for work about what it is to live and feel, to suffer, to recover, to re-tell. The world of Graphic Medicine has been a wonderful community for me. Graphic Medicine has been so important for me as my academic research has evolved, and as I have been completing The Book of Sarah.  I have attended and spoken at many Graphic Medicine conferences in the UK and abroad, and made life-long friends at these gatherings.

How long have you been working on the The Book of Sarah and what influenced your work?

I created The Book of Sarah over 20 years, and I have been writing my PhD, "Dressing Eve and Other Reparative Acts", for about a third of that time. My PhD focused on women’s autobiographical comics and asked how do comics artists highlight and challenge androcentric biblical references, narratives, and images? The Book of Sarah participates in the process of transforming biblical narratives and images into a feminist response by focusing on The Matriarch Sarah's role within the Biblical narrative. The two projects, my PhD and graphic novel, worked very well together, as I loved the movement between analysis in research and drawing my art, explicating in words and then allowing my own feelings and thoughts to build up on the page with my graphic pencil drawings. I think that The Book of Sarah (with few words) and my PhD (with thousands of words) grew around each other.

How did you choose the medium for each drawing?

Well, it's all quite instinctive, but also practical. It is very cheap and easy to make a pencil drawing, and, sometimes, I just want to do it anywhere, on my desk, in the library, wherever I am working. But I have had my studio for the last 18 months, so I have been able to make "messier" work more frequently, and that includes charcoal, watercolor, and oil painting.

How does your diary differ from The Book of Sarah?

Well, it was one and the same for a while, and I have so, so many notebooks and pages that didn't make it into the book. Even now, I just keep a notebook in my studio, where I jot things down that I need to work through: feelings, experiences, and memories. Often these thoughts and feelings become artwork at a later time. My paintings are going to take a lot longer to work on, and be less immediate than those pencil diary drawings that I could finish in a day or two.

Why did you end the book where you did?

I love this question. I needed to end the book and diary drawing project, as I really just want to paint now, so the book begins and ends with me in my studio, starting a new painting. (The book contract was also a good incentive and my deadline couldn't be delayed forever!) In addition, my PhD was finished, and I have retired from Laydeez do Comics, to fully focus on painting. With regards to the final images in the book, I was fortunate to work with Woodrow Phoenix and Corinne Pearlman as we edited down The Book of Sarah from the possible hundreds, even thousands, of drawings.  When Woodrow saw the new artwork I had been making in my studio, he wanted to us to conclude the book with the bridge images. Woodrow found those charcoal drawings very powerful and positive. He was right - fixing the bridges from my son's brio trainset suggests a world of recovery and possibilities. The construction of a life. The typed text writing beneath the image, and charcoal writing and erasing surrounding the drawings, also contribute to a sense that I have found my words, and myself, and a way I want to live.

Learn more about The Book of Sarah and pre-order your copy today: http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08473-2.html

Use discount code NR18 for a 30% discount.

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Meet the Bystander Editorial Team!

Aarthi Parthasarathy is a writer, researcher and filmmaker based in Bangalore. She co-founded Falana Films, a creative studio for art and design practitioners. She created the webcomic series Royal Existentials and has also written a number of short graphic stories, working with visual collaborators. Aarthi likes working with themes related to gender, politics and existential angst, and is also engaged in an ongoing research project on the history of comics in India, with historian Arun Prasad.

Akhila Krishnan is a multi disciplinary designer and director working across fine art, graphic narrative, moving image, projection design for live experience/VR and collaborative practice. Her interest and background in documentary film-making tempers her approach to her comic and illustration work, which often takes inspiration from real events; incorporating processes of interviewing, journaling and reportage. She has recently been shortlisted for the Laydeez Do Comics Prize (2018, UK). Akhila currently lives and works in London, UK.

Gopika Bashi works as the Asia campaigner for Oxfam International’s worldwide #sayenough campaign to end violence against women and girls. She has trained and worked with women from diverse backgrounds on issues related to access to justice, sexual and gender-based violence, gender and sexuality. She is an advisor for the FRIDA Fund – a global fund run by young feminists to support young feminist organising, and also serves on the Board of a labour and human rights organisation. Gopika is based in Bangalore, India.

Mira Malhotra is a visual artist and illustrator. She has a keen interest in DIY cultures, folk arts, social issues and music. An occasional author, Mira has contributed to design publications such as Creating Change by Kyoorius and British Council and The Trellis, NID. Her work has been featured across the globe. Mira is the founder and principal designer of Studio Kohl in Mumbai, India.

Sabika Abbas Naqvi is a performance poet, gender rights activist, translator, storyteller, and an alternative educator. She is the founder of Sar-e-Rahguzar: Poetry on the Streets. Her poetry revolves around issues of reclamation, subversion, sexuality, gender, and minority rights. She is a senior subject matter expert on Social and Emotional Learning. Sabika hails from Lucknow, and lives in Pune, India.

Shreyas R Krishnan is an illustrator-designer and educator from Chennai. Her work is rooted in research and takes on the forms of non-fiction comics, documentary drawings, and editorial illustration. Through drawing and writing, she tries to understand the ways in which visual culture and gender intersect. Shreyas teaches illustration at Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Missouri, USA.

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44th Angoulême International Comics Festival 26.-19.1.2017

  Here is a long overdue report of my visit at Angoulême Comics Festival this year. 

I attended Angoulême Comics Festival in France for the first time this year. Angoulême is the biggest comic festival in France and one of the largest ones in Europe with an international crowd of about 200,000 people each year gathering into this small town in southwest of France.  I had heard a lot about this festival that had gone on for over forty years and was interested to see it for myself.

I was invited as a guest to the festival as part of Femicomix Finland (Feministinen sarjakuvatoiminta). Femicomix was representing at Angoulême in collaboration with three other organizations from around the world that bring awareness of gender inequality in the comic scene and bring out more female artists. These organizations were Chicago Ladies’ Night Anthology (USA), Laydeez Do Comics (UK) and Comic Book Slumber Party (UK). As a group we called ourselves “International Girl Gang”.

The Mission of International Girl Gang was to bring awareness of gender inequality in the French comic business. Last year there was a scandal at Angoulême Comics Festival because no women were nominated for the lifetime achievement award. The scandal raised a discussion internationally about the position of women in comics. Female creators do not get as much praise as the male comic creators and are often left without publishing deals. There are many great female comic artists so why did the awards not reflect it?

To bring more women in to the eyes of the public visiting Angoulême we had an exhibition at Conservatoire as part of the Angoulême Comics Festival. Many locals and people visiting the festival came to the opening party and saw the exhibition later as well. I had few pages from my graphic novel MOSS DASH exhibited there. We had a table in Espace BD Alternative where all the international artists in the Girl Gang could sell their work and meet people visiting the festival. We also publsihed a zine International Girl Gang Encyclopedia that we sold at our stall. The zine had works from all the four organizations by different artists in the groups. There was also a two page comic about impostor syndrome by me published in the zine.

We held a very popular panel discussion on how to fight sexism in comics that had a huge line before it started. We decided to have the panel two times since there were so many people wishing to hear about this topic. Speaking we representatives from each of the four groups. Johanna Rojola was representing Femicomix Finland in the panel.

We also had a seminar day at EESI with workshops and presentations from the different groups taking part in international girl Gang. I was unfortunately unable to attend this seminar. I was supposed to talk about trans and non-binary representation in comics at the seminar but on the day I got really bad food poisoning and had to spend the rest of the day puking in the toilet. My last few days were a bit of a haze of throwing up and trying to survive. Luckily I got some strong french medicine to help with my sickness and I was able to make it back to Finland without puking on the plane, bus or train.

Our table was in the alternative area comics are of the festival and I really found some interesting artists there and wonderful new styles in comics. Alternative artists as graduates from renowned ÉESI (École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image) in Angoulême were pushed aside to a Spin off Festival near by. The works at Spin Off were very artistic and inspiring. Reminded me most of the finnish comic scene that is ruled by great artists from KutiKuti for example. The comic market in Finland is very much a small niche thing and no matter what you do you will be considered a niche thing. The french comic market is very big and many international publishers head to Angoulême in hopes of cashing in on the large french speaking market.  

As a non-binary transperson I am always trying to search representation of queer themes and artists in comics. At the festival I didn’t see many queer artists. I met one trans artist stco-19 that had many great zines about trans and queer themes which I was very happy about. The publisher LGBT BD also had many comics about queer themes. I was really happy to find them as well. But that was about it. Maybe if I understood more french I could understand the comics more, now I was mostly limited to understanding the comics that were in english. The french culture is still very conservative when it comes to LGBTQIA+ issues. So for these themes to hit the mainstream and be in comics more widely might still take some time.

I saw some women creators and artists at the stalls. Still the mayority was men in the creators, publishers and sellers. The french comic scene is still very much ruled by old men making adventure comics for other men. While women make up a large portion of the comic consumers, not many comics are made by women or for women.

Overall I had a great experience. I want to give a big thank you to all of the wonderful people of International Girl Gang and to Kone Foundation for giving us funding for the trip. Hope to go to Angoulême again but not next year since I got a little bit traumatized by my food poisoning there. And it was so hard to find vegan food there. Maybe I can go back in a few years and see if things have at all improved in Angoulême in regards to gender inequality and vegan food.